Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Blackwolf @ the Oscars: Prelude --- The Nominations

Well, Mortals, despite the fact that I am a day or so late to share it all with ye, the time has finally come! Here they are, as threatened! With the help of the Internet Movie Database,HollywoodReporter.com, and other relevant sources, your humble Dragonmaster proudly presents, in perhaps the most expeditiously graphic manner available, the complete --- and I DO mean complete! --- list of the Nominees for the 78th Annual Academy Awards! Prepare yourselves, this one's gonna be a long'un!

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAYPaul Haggis and Robert Moresco,Crash.George Clooney and Grant Heslov,Good Night, and Good Luck.Woody Allen,Match Point.Noah Baumbach,The Squid and the Whale.Stephen Gaghan,Syriana.

SCREENPLAY ADAPTATIONLarry McMurtry and Diana Ossana,Brokeback Mountain. Based upon the short story by Annie Proulx.Dan Futterman,Capote. Based upon the biography by Gerald Clarke.Jeffrey Caine,The Constant Gardener. Based upon the novel by John Le Carre.Josh Olson,A History of Violence. Based upon the graphic novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke. Tony Kushner and Eric Roth,Munich. Based upon the book Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counterterrorist Team by George Jonas.

ORIGINAL SCOREGustavo Santaolalla,Brokeback Mountain.Alberto Iglesias,The Constant Gardener.John Williams,Memoirs of a Geisha and Munich.Dario Marianelli,Pride and Prejudice.

ORIGINAL SONGFrom Hustle & Flow: "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp," Words and Music by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard.From Crash: "In the Deep," Music and Lyrics by Michael Becker and Kathleen York.From Transamerica: "Travelin' Thru," Words and Music by Dolly Parton.

Well, Mortals, that's it! Now, all that remains is for us to watch the show, live from the usual digs, the Kodak Theatre, on Sunday evening, March 5th, starting at 8 PM Eastern, 5 PM Pacific. That odious Jon Stewart will be your host; and yes, the boys in the booth (those would be Gilbert Cates and Louis J. Horvitz) will be calling every shot. Count on this ol' Diary of Magecraft to post hither my verdicts re all that happened on the telecast, and everything else in between. Good luck to all the nominees --- and do try to stick to Gilbert's 45-second rule, won't you?